Hosts Turkey, Paralympic women’s gold medallists and defending champions at the International Blind Sports Federation Goalball European A Championships, suffered a shock defeat to Britain in their Pool C match.

2021Elsewhere in today’s women’s pool matches, Russia recovered their fortunes as they beat Finland 10-0, Israel

Hosts Turkey edged a narrow contest against Russia in Pool C as two of the favourites for the women's tournament met on the second day of the International Blind Sports Federation Goalball European A Championships in Samsun.

five times, and there were hat-tricks for Or Mizrahi and Elham Mahamid.Rounding off today's results is Israel

v Ukraine in the women's and Germany v Finland in the men's...Israel ??

Hosts Turkey got off to a perfect start at the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball European Championships A with wins for its men's and women's side in Samsun.

was won late in the second half with goals from Fabian Diehm and Oliver Hörauf.A spirited display by Israel

The International Blind Sports Federation Goalball European A Championships is set to begin tomorrow in Samsun in Turkey, with men's defending champions Germany opening the tournament against Montenegro at the Yaşar Doğu Sport Hall.

start with a heavyweight clash against Turkey on Saturday.Pool D begins tomorrow as the 2019 runners-up Israel

out Germany who take on Greece.Ukraine are the final team in the women's tournament and start against Israel

The draw for the men’s 2021 European Wheelchair Basketball Championship Division A has taken place in Madrid, with host nation Spain given the opportunity to choose which group they were placed in.

alongside France, Lithuania, Poland, Germany and Switzerland, leaving Britain in Group B with Austria, Israel

A serious injury to Laura Traets has caused Olympic champions Bulgaria to pull out the upcoming Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Japan.

Ashram, announced last month they would not be travelling to Japan.Without the presence of Bulgaria and Israel

The Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) has signed various cooperation agreements with National Olympic Committees from around the world in Athens, prior to the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly.

BOC secretary general Mohamed Hasan Al-Nusuf also met with the Olympic Committee of Israel chairman Yael

levels, as well as peace between different groups of people.It is the latest hint at cooperation between Israel

New dates for the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Men's Under-23 World Championship have been confirmed by organisers in Japan.

Olympics and Paralympics to 2021, however.Twelve countries are due to compete with Spain, Germany, Turkey, Israel

Olympic champions Choi Min-jeong of South Korea and Arianna Fontana of Italy were among the top performers on day one of the International Skating Union (ISU) World Cup Short Track Speed Skating event in Beijing.

race.Shaoang Liu of Hungary, Stijn Desmet of Belgium, Semen Elistratov of Russia, Vladislav Bykanov of Israel

The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) has announced it will hold a regular season game in Dubai in December.

2021KHL matches have been held in Vienna, Zurich and Davos in recent years.There were also plans for Israel

Japan won three gold medals on the final day of the International Judo Federation (IJF) Paris Grand Slam to solidify its place atop the overall standings at the AccorHotels Arena.

successful country by a distance.Russia claimed second with three gold and two silver medals while Israel

Esports tournament platform Challengermode has been named as the official platform for the Eilat 2021 International Esports Federation (IESF) Esports World Championship, which is due to take place next month.

PES 2021 and Tekken 7 - are already underway, before the offline Championship is hosted by Eilat in Israel

Russia continued their domination on day two of the World Youth and Junior Sambo Championships in Thessaloniki, Greece, as they won four more gold medals.

Kairatkyzy of Kazakhstan and Anastasiia Pozdniak of Russia.The 72kg category was won by Elizabeth Kovalev of Israel

Russia won five gold medals on the opening day of the World Youth and Junior Sambo Championships in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Iosif Simin.Mikita Besman of Belarus took the silver, with bronze medals going to Stanislav Banchuk of Israel

International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Women's Junior Water Polo Championship final in Netanya in Israel